Impingement pressure in the anatomical and nonanatomical anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A cadaver study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1611-1617

  Iriuchishima, Takanori ^a,b   Tajima, Goro ^a   McNeill Ingham, Sheila Jean ^a   Wei Shen, ^a   Smolinski, Patrick ^a,c   Fu, Freddie H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomical; anterior cruciate ligament; double bundle; impingement; pressure; reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 77956253467     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510363461     Document Type: Article

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